Silver Springs Newswire

Central Lyon County Fire crews are responding to a brush fire in the area of Atkins Street in Silver Springs. Central Lyon County Fire is working an active brush fire in the area of Atkins St in Silver Springs.
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Twenty-two cats and kittens that were rescued from a home near Silver Springs are now looking for forever homes in Northern Nevada. The SPCA of Northern Nevada has taken charge of the kitties, who were taken from a home with 46 cats in it.
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Nevada Highway Patrol has identified both drivers killed in a crash on US 50 in Stagecoach near Iron Mountain Blvd. on Tuesday night. Troopers say 25-year-old Tyler Davis Maher of Fallon was speeding eastbound on US 50 when he tried to pass a F-150 and hit the truck. The Camaro driver was killed in the crash, along with the driver of the truck, 58-year-old Joseph Martin House of Carson City.
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Nevada Highway Patrol has identified the motorcycle rider killed in a crash on USA Parkway in Lyon County this past weekend. The crash happened around noon at mile marker 5 in Lyon County, approximately 5 miles north of US-50.
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The Lyon County Sheriff's Office is asking for help to find a 65-year-old man who went missing in Silver Springs Tuesday morning. Andrew Sheldon disappeared from his Fort Churchill Street home wearing a burgundy shirt, black sweatpants and a blue hooded sweater.
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A man accused of molesting a child under the age of 14 over several years has been sentenced to life in prison with a chance for parole. The Nevada Appeal reported Thursday that 48-year-old Craig Martin pleaded guilty to two counts of lewdness with a child under 14. His sentences will run consecutively, which means Martin won't be eligible for parole for at least 20 years.
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The Lyon County District Attorney's Office says a Silver Springs man will spend at least 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to child lewdness charges. Prosecutors say 48-year-old Craig Martin pleaded guilty to two separate counts of Lewdness with a Child Under 14 Years of Age.
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A Nevada woman who fears her missing horse could end up at the slaughterhouse has joined a lawsuit challenging state plans to transfer ownership of thousands of free-roaming mustangs to private hands. Lawyers for the California-based American Wild Horse Campaign and Cynthia Ashe of Silver Springs filed the lawsuit Monday in state court in Carson City.
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The Nevada Highway Patrol is investigating a crash on U.S. Highway 50 that killed two teenagers and injured two other people about near Stagecoach about 35 miles east of Carson City. The patrol said Friday 18-year-old Stacie Ochoa of Stagecoach was killed when she failed to yield the right-of-way and pulled the black Honda she was driving in front of a silver Ford pickup that struck the Honda between Dayton and Silver Springs at about 3 p.m. Thursday.
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The Nevada Department of Transportation is planning to add fencing along U.S. Highway 50 through the Stagecoach and Silver Springs corridor to keep horses off the roadway. Director Rudy Malfabon says wild or feral horses have been involved in 350 crashes in the state between 2006 and 2015.
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Lyon County Sheriff Al McNeil says U.S. 50, between Moundhouse and Silver Springs, is getting more dangerous for drivers and feral horses. While some areas of the road have fencing to keep mustangs off the highway, McNeil says many wide stretches still need it.
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Hurricanes in the southeast U.S. and wildfires in the west made 2017 the most expensive year for natural disasters in history, costing $306 billion. Meanwhile, Nevada had a banner year of its own.
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Carson City Health and Human Services says they've seen a sharp increase in positive flu cases across Douglas County, Lyon County, and Carson City. Jeanne Freeman, PhD, Public Health Preparedness Manager for Carson City HHS, says they're the highest rates since 2013-2014, and the rate has tripled in some areas across the region.
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Lyon County Sheriff's Office is investigating the armed robbery of a store on the 6700 block of Highway 95A in Silver Springs that took place 8:45 pm Tuesday. The employees told investigators that the suspect entered the store brandishing a gun, yelling for them to give them all of the money.
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Only On 2: How Future Development Could Affect the Water in Silv - KTVN Channel 2 - Reno Tahoe Sparks News, Weather, Video The Churchill Valley Groundwater Basin is just one of hundreds of groundwater basins in our state. The basin lies within Churchill, Douglas, Lyon and Storey counties.
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